Try 60+. It’s good for your health.

I really want this to happen but I’m worried the scales in the West will tip in the wrong direction, further toward true and open fascism… We (yes, you reading this) have a personal responsibility to be informed and speak out as best we can. This history is not yet written — we have to write it.

The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.

I know nothing about you or your situation, but food allergies can really mess up your life, and they’re often overlooked (speaking from experience).

It was Celiac for me… It’s such a relief to be able to make a change and do something about it instead of “just getting on with it.”

Is a loaf of bread a bread sandwich then?

Evolution is not ‘survival of the fittest’ but rather ‘survival of the good-enough’.

It is, but if you track the average IQ over time using a comparative metric IQs now are higher by about 3 points per decade (one standard deviation in 50 years). It’s known as the Flynn Effect.

Does Fallout’s “Rule of Thumb” Work?

Great news, terrible article!

I get your point, but if they’re enjoying themself: Give 'em hell anon. Pump that stuff out. If you’ve got something to say, speak!

You must be this tall to ride.

Making a deal with the devil to rule a world, or just to get a tenure track position.

There really is No True Scotsman. Well done.

Is AI actually going to accidentally end up doing some good in this world by starting The Revolution? 🙃

I think this is actually one of the most in-touch posts I’ve ever seen by a business. It was posted here, wasn’t it? They knew.

Both can be true.

Procrastination-productivity is a beast.

I mean sure, if we include violent reactions to non-violence and place the goalposts just so, then yes, absolutely everything includes violence…

But as far as “any big moves or changes” you mention, Gandhi’s movement for non-violent resistance is the posterchild for doing exactly that without violence. It exposes violent state power as ultimately impotent when faced with massive, collective and coordinated non-violent resistance.

And Gandhi was not “nice” just because he advocated for non-violence… He and his followers used coordinated, active efforts to cripple the mechanisms upholding British rule. The British hated him for it.

I’m not sure I understand the point you’re trying to make.

It’s classified as a dwarf planet, and is among (a debatable number of) other, similarly sized objects.

Gandhi and India’s independence from the British through nonviolent resistance comes to mind.